Kanji
旬
N1
6 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1162
decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)
On'yomi (音読み)
ジュン、 シュン
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
下旬
げじゅん
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
中旬
ちゅうじゅん
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
上旬
じょうじゅん
first third of a month; first ten days of a month
初旬
しょじゅん
first 10 days of the month
旬
じゅん
ten-day period (in a month)
旬報
じゅんぽう
ten-day report
旬
しゅん
season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for)
五旬祭
ごじゅんさい
Pentecost
一旬
いちじゅん
ten days
最旬
さいしゅん
hottest (e.g. fashion); freshest
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
旬の魚
しゅんのさかな
fish in season
旬外れ
じゅんはずれ
off-season
Example sentences
その結果(けっか)、5月(ごがつ)下旬(げじゅん)に不安神経症(ふあんしんけいしょう)や不眠症(ふみんしょう)と診断(しんだん)された。
As a result, he was diagnosed with insomnia and anxiety neurosis near the end of May.
彼(かれ)は5月(ごがつ)中旬(ちゅうじゅん)に日本(にほん)に戻(もど)れるでしょう。
He will come back to Japan in the middle of May.
今(いま)は松茸(まつたけ)が旬(じゅん)でお安(やす)いですよ。
Matsutake mushrooms are in season now so they are cheap.
イチゴは今(いま)が旬(じゅん)です。
Strawberries are in season now.